All through my life what I've loved doing is watching movies. I love the escapism of film I love stories. So it is incredible to be able to be in them as much as I am to see them from the first stitch in a costume to the end product.

I appreciate a slow-burn romance. In most movies everyone is just tearing their clothes off in the first scene.

I took acting classes in college and once I graduated I decided to give acting a shot when I couldn't really think of anything else to do. It took me a couple of years to get an agent and my first big break was The Fanelli Boys which was a sitcom on NBC. Then I did a few television movies.

I grew up when I was 15 when I had my first opportunity in movies. I watched every great movie for a year and a half and since then I've asked myself how I can emulate such artistry. That's really my motivation. I want to do something as good as my heroes have done.

I'm the first to admit that I like going to or my memories at least of going to Clint Eastwood movies or Charles Bronson or James Bond.

The next thing I knew I was out of the service and making movies again. My first picture was called GI Blues. I thought I was still in the army.

To me movies and music go hand in hand. When I'm writing a script one of the first things I do is find the music I'm going to play for the opening sequence.

The first step toward success is taken when you refuse to be a captive of the environment in which you first find yourself.

Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible.

In order to succeed we must first believe that we can.